Now a court has to decide whether a clerk single-handedly has added Pennsylvania to the growing list of states that formally sanction same-sex marriages or whether he has been acting illegally and must be stopped.

Only two states in the Northeast have yet to legalize same-sex marriage. New Jersey and Pennsylvania remain battlegrounds for the hot-button topic of same-sex marriage and have been receiving media attention for court cases and controversies.

Marriage equality may be coming soon to Pennsylvania, thanks to the efforts of gay state representative Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) who has said he will introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the Keystone State.